transmissible

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The hepatitis B virus is highly transmissible and many people may not know they have it.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025

The National Trust spokeswoman added: "Decaying marine mammals pose a serious health risk. They can carry a range of diseases that are transmissible to humans and dogs."

From BBC • May 26, 2025

This process could generate a new variant that possesses the worst features of both—a virus that is transmissible from person-to-person like the seasonal flu, and severe, like those two concerning cases of D1.1.

From Slate • Dec. 31, 2024

“This suggests that ... additional mutations are likely required for the virus to become fully transmissible between humans.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2024

And so great was the esteem in which she was held that the senate of Rome conferred on her the singular honor of Roman citizenship, transmissible in perpetuity to her descendants.

From Woman in Science With an Introductory Chapter on Woman's Long Struggle for Things of the Mind by Zahm, John Augustine